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BVAPORATING PAN.

No. 392,864. Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

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D. JONES.

EVAPORATING PAN.

No. 392,864. Patented Nov. 18, 1888.

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D.JONES. EVAPORATING PAN.

No. 392,864.- Patented Nov. 13, I888.

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UNiTnn STATES HATENT heir:

DAVID JONES. OF PARIS, TENNESSEE. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HA LF TO WILLIA.

O. WILLIAMS.

JF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392.864.. dated Noven .hplication liled June .90. 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. DAVID J ones. or Paris. in the county of Henry and State of Tennessee. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Evaporatinglans; and I do hereby declar enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and n [0 being had to the accoinp to the letters of reference marked thereon. which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in evaporating -pans and attachments for the same.

' The object of my invention is to produce an evaporating-pan which shall be cheap in iirst cost, exceedi ngl y simple and effective in opera yunderstood and operated by anying drawings, and

tion, and easil any and all persons. and by which sugar. preserves, sirup. use. can be entirely cooked or evaporated. and also fruits can be canned and sorghum made without the least danger of scorching. burning, or smoking, thus adapt- 2 ing the device for household as well as mauulaeturers use.

Vith these ends in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts. hereinafter and parlieul the claims.

Referring to ihe accom Figure 1 is a front elevati plan. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section, the supports being removed. Fig. i is a vertical cross-section, th ards being removed. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the mechanism for raising and lowering the free end of the evaporating- 0 pan, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view oi Lt skimmer.

In the drawings. the reference-letter A indi eatcs a heating-vessel. and 13 an evaporatingpan, said heater being located at one end oi and above the evaporating-pan, so that the contents of the same can be allowed to now into the evaporating pan through a spout or tube, a, after being suflieiently cooked.

The heater A is provided with a steam or hot-air chamber. A. beneath it, and the evaporating-pan is also provided with a steam or arly pointed out in panying drawings. on. Fig. 2 is a ton e that the following is a full, clear. and a exact description or the invention, which will se the same, reference more fully d escri bed e supports or stand- I oer 13. L888.

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iot-air chamber. 13. :nn .zLVlllQ in ertical oartitious dividing inc mamber lilLO three steam or hot-air compartments. 1).

2 indicates a main steam or JOE-till sunpl pipe. ir ni which branch pipes c extend. Eac or the steam-chambers l .ud use the stean chamber A. being provided with me or th i independent branch pipes sunpiyine steal IiOll'itllO main pipes. an. each oi said 'oranc pipes provided wit Whereb ihe ilow of steam into namocr can b udependently regulated utireiv cut oilla desired. Each one of niillil-cllftlilUQISl also DlOVltlOd with asteam COCK. C. 0v wnic he condensed steam can Tie 'atnausted i'roi' zhe chambers. as required.

The steam-chambers support the heatin tlltl the evaporating pans. and .LI'G strongl; braced bv stayrods and bolts or )llllCl still able means to withstand onsiderable steam uressnre. or. if desired. mating ".i'ltl th bVilDOl'ILlLlllg-Ptlll itlltl LllGl I Ix. Eli-ZDZHUDGPS Cal oe formed of sheet metal "lliiiDlV )olted to gether. so that the whole "'i'll) will be unite or in the iorm of a single "an or vessel di ded into the different pans uni eomnari: .nents. it should be observed that the heaie :s deep and narrow in plOl'mitlOll to the evab orarinu' pan. which is sharia-w and H'Oifllilbli oi considerable length. to moi-ease he neat lie suriace in contact with the fluid: and ii order ie still further increase .leated sur lace with which the fluid contact thi evaporating-pan is prov =.eries o hollow oartitionsl), the lOlS or which arc in communication with -itcriors i the steaurcnambers of the evaporrnilie-pan. .Zitltl partitions extend alteruatelv rom he oppoute sides of the pan partially across the notiom oi the same. and are oi a sunabie height. "Thus it will be seen that the iilltlllQ' suriace Ol -he nan is greatlyincreased.

.1 case the contents of the evaoorai inc-pan should boil over the overfl w Tll ie caught and nassed back into wan )V the side ilZLllLCS or rims. l extend ngniiwardiv from the outer edges of the pan x ii "oi-mine a gun or tlOlllltl the upper exterior the nan. and the sides of the pan are periorated at the bot tom or said gutter to allow .llG overflow to l pass through the saiuebacl; into the main nan.

heater end of the tank or device is mounted 1 a rock-shaft, L, suitably supported, as aandards F, to allow the opposite end of ;ank a limited vertical movement, and the )site end of the device-that is, the outer of the evaporating-pan, which is allowed rertical swing-is movably supported by ntrics G,bcaring against its lower surface mounted upon a shaft, H, suitably jourd, as in standards I. 10 shaft H is provided wit-h a crank, h, or r means for rotating the same, and with a l-and-ratchet mechanism, J, for holding iecentrics, and hence the tank, in the del position. The eccentrics are so mounted 1 their shaft that when they are in-an upt position the bottom of the heater and of evaporating-pan will be substantially horial, and as the shaft is rotated, and with it eccentrics, of course it will be seen that )uter end of the evaporating-pan will be 2d andlowered, and said outer or mova- 3nd of the evaporating-pan is provided I a discharge spout or tube, 70. It will be that the bottom of the heater and of the )orating pan preferably form the top 5 of their respective steamehambers. l Fig. 6 a skimmer is shown which opes upon and removes the scum from the cuts, preferably, of the heater A. Said lining device is operated by a shaft, A, naled beneath the pan in the supports ahe same. B indicates a pair of vertical rs pivoted at about their centers to the at opposite ends of and extending above below the same. The lower free ends of levers are connected to crank-arms on the 't A by connecting-links C". At its oppoends the pan A is provided with the up dly-extending frames or supports D the er sides of which form guides or tracks n which the skimmer-shaft E operates is confined. Said skimmer-shaft is conled with the upper free ends of the levers y connecting-links F. Scoops or skims G, preferably provided with perforated oms, are carried by the shaft E by means uitable arms, as shown, extending down 1 the shaft, so that the scoops can enter contents of the pan. The shaft A can be rated by any suitable means, and as it is rated theshaft E will be reciprocated upon frames D from one end of the same to the r,with the scoops skimming along the surof the contents in the same. When the 't E reaches one end of frames D", it is :ed by a cord or chain connected to the r and to an arm extending up from said 't, and when the shaft reaches the limit of novement in the opposite direction it is zed by a similar device, the chain on this being secured to the opposite side of the It will be readily understood that when The operation of the device is substantially and preferably as follows: The compound is first heated a sufficient amount in the heater where the scum and impurities rising to the surface are removed by the skimmer, (shown in Fig. 6,) after which the contents of the heater are allowed to into the evaporating-pan through the dischargespout of the heating-pan, and after being treated asnfficient length of time and evaporated the desired amount in the evaporating-pan the eccentrics are operated to tilt the evaporator and the contents of the pans are allowed to flow into a suitable receptacle through the discharge spent 70.

It is not considered necessary to fully enumerate the great advan es or many uses for which the hercin-descr device is adapted, as they will be readily understood and comprehended by all persons.

It is evident that various slight changes or modifications might be made in the form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the precise construction herein set forth, but consider myself entitled to all such changes.

What I claim is- 1. In an evaporator, an evaporating pan provided with a discharge at one end and a heating vessel at the other end of said pan deep and narrow in comparison with the same, and with its bottom in a plane above the pan and having a dischargespout, in combination with a steam'ehamber beneath the heater, a

driving-shaft and levers for reciprocating said skim mer-shaft upon said ways, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID JONES.

\Vitnesscs:

W. E. WELDON, M. C. McWiND. 

